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AndδὲPaul,ὁ Παῦλοςlooking intentlyἀτενίσαςat the council,τῷ συνεδρίῳsaid,εἶπεν“Brothers,Ἄνδρες ἀδελφοίIἐγὼhave lived my lifeπεπολίτευμαιin allπάσῃgoodἀγαθῇconscienceσυνειδήσειbefore Godτῷ θεῷup toἄχριthisταύτηςday.”τῆς ἡμέρας
Acts 23:1
Study it in the app“And Paul, looking intently at the council, said, “Brothers, I have lived my life in all good conscience before God up to this day.””
With the Greek beneath
Acts 23:1, word by word
- PaulΠαῦλοςPaulos
Paul
Paul: the Roman name of the apostle Saul; also Sergius Paulus, proconsul of Cyprus.
Where else “Paulos” appears- looking intentlyἀτενίσαςatenisas
stare at
Stare at, look intently, fix one's eyes on.
Where else “atenisas” appears- at the councilσυνεδρίῳsynedriōi
council
The great Jewish court in Jerusalem.
Where else “synedriōi” appears- saidεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- “BrothersἌνδρεςAndres
man
An adult male, as distinct from a woman or a child.
Where else “Andres” appears- “Brothersἀδελφοίadelphoi
fellow countryman
A neighbor, someone of the same people.
Where else “adelphoi” appears- have lived my lifeπεπολίτευμαιpepoliteumai
live, conduct oneself
Live as a citizen, conduct one's life; behave.
Where else “pepoliteumai” appears- goodἀγαθῇagathēi
good
Being as it should be and doing others good; in the full sense, God alone.
Where else “agathēi” appears- conscienceσυνειδήσειsyneidēsei
conscience
Conscience: the inner sense that judges whether what one does is right or wrong.
Where else “syneidēsei” appears- before Godθεῷtheōi
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theōi” appears- up toἄχριachri
until
Until; as far as.
Where else “achri” appears- dayἡμέραςhēmeras
day
A span counted on the calendar: “on the third day,” “forty days.”
Where else “hēmeras” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2And the high priest Ananias ordered those who stood by him to strike his mouth.
To study Acts 23 in a group
1. What it says
What does the Lord say to Paul the night after his appearance before the council? (v. 11)
2. What it means
Paul's nephew learns of a plot and reports it. What does the commander do with that information? (vv. 12-24)
3. How I live it
Paul was encouraged at a moment of great tension (v. 11). Who encouraged you when you needed it, and how can you do that for someone else?